SCOUT· 38%12m·2026-10-09·ScienceSecrets of the World’s Longest-Lived Animals
Episode 404 Jonathan the tortoise was born in the year 1832, on a beach in the Seychelles. 194 years later and Jonathan is still alive, celebrating his birthday. How exactly has he managed to survive for so long? Jonathan is a giant tortoise and the world’s oldest known land animal. His genome has now been sequenced,…
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